OSTP Director Lander Resigns

President Joe Biden accepted the resignation Monday of White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Director Eric Lander after an administration investigation found he had violated the Biden administration’s workplace policy by bullying of now-former OSTP General Counsel Rachel Wallace and disrespectful interactions with other staff. It “is clear that things I said, and the way I said them, crossed the line at times into being disrespectful and demeaning, to both men and women,” Lander said. “That was never my intention.” He plans to leave “no later than” Feb. 18 “in order to permit an orderly transfer.”